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Joseph Franklin Rutherford

1869 - 1942

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Joseph Franklin Rutherford (November 8, 1869 – January 8, 1942), also known as Judge Rutherford, was an American religious leader and the second president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. He played a primary role in the organization and doctrinal development of Jehovah's Witnesses, which emerged from the Bible Student movement established by Charles Taze Russell. Rutherford began a career in law, working as a court stenographer, trial lawyer and prosecutor. He became a special judge in the 8th/14th Judicial District of Missouri at some time after 1895. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Franklin Rutherford is the 1,387th most popular religious figure (down from 1,033rd in 2019), the 2,624th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,705th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Religious Figure.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford was the second president of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, succeeding Charles Taze Russell. He is most famous for being the architect of Jehovah's Witnesses' organizational structure, which led to significant growth in membership.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Joseph Franklin Rutherford ranks 1,387 out of 3,187. Before him are Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Vitalis of Milan, Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Henri Estienne, and Claudio Acquaviva. After him are Suhayb ar-Rumi, Ahmad al-Rifaʽi, Tode Mongke, Ludger, Maruthas of Martyropolis, and George Sphrantzes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Joseph Franklin Rutherford ranks 59. Before him are Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Liane de Pougy, Caterina Albert, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Stanisław Wyspiański, and Hjalmar Söderberg. After him are Julius Dorpmüller, Yevno Azef, Michael von Faulhaber, Zinaida Gippius, Gerrit Smith Miller, and Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1942, Joseph Franklin Rutherford ranks 70. Before him are Germaine Dulac, Mikhail Nesterov, Yosano Akiko, Augustinas Voldemaras, Stjepan Filipović, and Heinz Hitler. After him are John Barrymore, Georg Alexander Pick, Wilbur Scoville, Karel Doorman, Miguel Hernández, and Harro Schulze-Boysen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Franklin Rutherford ranks 2,624 out of 20,380. Before him are William Carlos Williams (1883), Danny Elfman (1953), Cardi B (1992), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), Edward Kasner (1878), and John de Lancie (1948). After him are Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Kirsten Dunst (1982), Joan Rivers (1933), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Jim Henson (1936), and Anthony Kiedis (1962).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Joseph Franklin Rutherford ranks 25. Before him are Lillian Asplund (1906), Paul Marcinkus (1922), Blase J. Cupich (1949), William Levada (1936), Justin Francis Rigali (1935), and Lucian Pulvermacher (1918). After him are Frederick William Franz (1893), John Carroll (1735), Tim Keller (1950), John F. MacArthur (1939), Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), and William H. Keeler (1931).

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